‘AI Seoul Summit’ and ‘AI Global Forum’ concluded
- Third-party testing needs to be institutionalized to prevent accidents involving misuse of AI technology.
- An international reporting system is proposed to ensure the safety of advanced AI systems.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that the 'AI Seoul Summit' and 'AI Global Forum' held for two days from the 21st to the 22nd were successfully concluded.
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This event specifically presented the direction that AI global governance should pursue, including safety, innovation, and inclusion.
Prime Minister Han Deok-soo emphasized at the opening ceremony, "Korea will continue to make efforts to build a consistent and interoperable AI international governance system."
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yeol said that this forum embodies President Yoon Seok-yeol's will to contribute to the formation of AI global governance expressed through the Paris Initiative last year.
Lee Jong-ho, Minister of Science and ICT, responded to the 'Seoul Declaration' by 14 domestic and foreign AI companies and announced the 'Seoul AI Company Pledge', a voluntary promise containing the direction that companies will pursue, such as AI responsibility, development, and benefits.
This pledge includes the responsibilities of leading AI companies for the development of a sustainable AI ecosystem, including reflecting feedback from the AI Safety Research Institute, continuing investment in cutting-edge AI development and supporting the growth of small and medium-sized businesses and startups, improving convenience for the socially disadvantaged, and developing AI to solve global challenges. This was included.
Andrew Ng, a global scholar, and Mark Raibert of Boston Dynamics gave keynote speeches on the topics of ‘Opportunities and Risks of AI’ and ‘Future Innovation, including Combination of AI and Robotics,’ respectively.
At the high-level roundtable, the UK's Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Michel Dunelan, France's Secretary of State for Development and International Cooperation Chryssula Jacquaropoulou, Singapore's Senior Secretary of State for Information and Communication Janil Putuchiri, Personal Information Protection Committee Chairman Koh Hak-soo, and the US Seth Center for Key and Emerging State Departments. About 70 high-ranking and prominent figures, including the acting special envoy for technology, gathered and had heated discussions on the topics of innovation, safety, and inclusion.
Participants said international norms related to AI should provide common AI governance standards and not stifle competition, institutionalization of third-party testing is needed to reduce misuse and accidents of frontier AI technologies and to ensure the safety of advanced AI systems. It was suggested that an appropriate international reporting system is needed.
Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho said, “We will continue the achievements at Bletchley last year and Seoul this year to the AI Action Summit to be held in France next year and achieve the ‘Seoul Effect’ of achieving safety, innovation, and inclusion of AI by mobilizing the capabilities of the international community.” “We hope to achieve this, and based on the leadership we have secured through hosting the ‘AI Seoul Summit’ and the ‘AI Global Forum’, we will continue to work closely with the international community to establish global AI governance and norms.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yeol said, “Our country has presented a single direction of safety, innovation, and inclusion of AI so that various international initiatives related to AI can be carried out harmoniously.” He added, “The ‘Seoul Declaration’ clearly states this and concrete implementation of safety. “It is significant that the adoption of the ‘Seoul Statement of Intent’ containing the plan provides a new standard for discussions on AI governance in the international community,” he said.
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